jeppeson charts: expiration dates; and new chart releases?
May 11, 2009
Do Aviation companies and aviation training schools usually buy the charts? Or do they put the burden on their professional pilots/professional flight instructors to get the necessary charts? Do airline operations departments have staff people whose job it is to constantly keep track of chart expirations, and new FAA requirements?
doc_phil: you're one guy out of 300, or out of 3000, who will ask me what I mean by charts! I used a very valid term "approach plate" and somebody corrected me and told me to call them charts! Theres SECTIONAL charts! Theres VFR TERMINAL AREA charts; then theres the Airport procedure chart, AKA "APPROACH" charts. And I might be leaving something out. The approach charts are bound in a thick book that you buy. A separate book for each state. doc_phil: do you fly real planes? Do you fly Microsoft FLight Simulator. Im just a Microsoft simulator dude, but dude: its no game: dont waste your time with the simulator if you're not going to learn all the skill and knowledge to make it work good for you.
I just now noticed: doc_phil says "not a pilot. plane mechanic." I would have thought plane mechanics would be curious to learn the ins and outs of flying.
good answers so far about airlines, same goes for most larger companies.
I haven't heard of a flight school that provides its students with any charts at all. Jepp charts are expensive and not well suited for most flight schools. I have been to one school that had a computer program called Jeppview, its a computer program that has all the jepp charts and they could be printed easily. Pretty cool program but its expensive, the subscription was owned by the local state college and the flight school got their hands on a license for it.
NACO charts are totally free. Go online and print out what you need: http://naco.faa.gov/. They are different than Jepp charts but show all the same information. They can also be purchased at a very reasonable rate, I think I used to pay ~$5 for a book that has 5-6 states.
Flight schools do (or should) keep their electronics up to date. Some planes have chart view software as part of their MFD, I believe the G1000 has this feature, I know the newer Avidyne Entegra's do have this capability.
As far as enroute charts (IFR charts are called enroute [either low or high enroute] VFR are either WAC-World aeronautical chart, sectionals, or terminal area charts), that is something airlines and other companies usually take care of with their approach plates. At flight schools there are usually a few charts floating around, but its expected that the student buys their own.
I have more expired charts than I know what to do with, I use them as wrapping paper now.
jeppeson charts: expiration dates; and new chart releases?
May 11, 2009
Do Aviation companies and aviation training schools usually buy the charts? Or do they put the burden on their professional pilots/professional flight instructors to get the necessary charts? Do airline operations departments have staff people whose job it is to constantly keep track of chart expirations, and new FAA requirements?
doc_phil: you're one guy out of 300, or out of 3000, who will ask me what I mean by charts! I used a very valid term "approach plate" and somebody corrected me and told me to call them charts! Theres SECTIONAL charts! Theres VFR TERMINAL AREA charts; then theres the Airport procedure chart, AKA "APPROACH" charts. And I might be leaving something out. The approach charts are bound in a thick book that you buy. A separate book for each state. doc_phil: do you fly real planes? Do you fly Microsoft FLight Simulator. Im just a Microsoft simulator dude, but dude: its no game: dont waste your time with the simulator if you're not going to learn all the skill and knowledge to make it work good for you.
I just now noticed: doc_phil says "not a pilot. plane mechanic." I would have thought plane mechanics would be curious to learn the ins and outs of flying.
good answers so far about airlines, same goes for most larger companies.
I haven't heard of a flight school that provides its students with any charts at all. Jepp charts are expensive and not well suited for most flight schools. I have been to one school that had a computer program called Jeppview, its a computer program that has all the jepp charts and they could be printed easily. Pretty cool program but its expensive, the subscription was owned by the local state college and the flight school got their hands on a license for it.
NACO charts are totally free. Go online and print out what you need: http://naco.faa.gov/. They are different than Jepp charts but show all the same information. They can also be purchased at a very reasonable rate, I think I used to pay ~$5 for a book that has 5-6 states.
Flight schools do (or should) keep their electronics up to date. Some planes have chart view software as part of their MFD, I believe the G1000 has this feature, I know the newer Avidyne Entegra's do have this capability.
As far as enroute charts (IFR charts are called enroute [either low or high enroute] VFR are either WAC-World aeronautical chart, sectionals, or terminal area charts), that is something airlines and other companies usually take care of with their approach plates. At flight schools there are usually a few charts floating around, but its expected that the student buys their own.
I have more expired charts than I know what to do with, I use them as wrapping paper now.
jeppeson charts: expiration dates; and new chart releases?
May 11, 2009
Do Aviation companies and aviation training schools usually buy the charts? Or do they put the burden on their professional pilots/professional flight instructors to get the necessary charts? Do airline operations departments have staff people whose job it is to constantly keep track of chart expirations, and new FAA requirements?
doc_phil: you're one guy out of 300, or out of 3000, who will ask me what I mean by charts! I used a very valid term "approach plate" and somebody corrected me and told me to call them charts! Theres SECTIONAL charts! Theres VFR TERMINAL AREA charts; then theres the Airport procedure chart, AKA "APPROACH" charts. And I might be leaving something out. The approach charts are bound in a thick book that you buy. A separate book for each state. doc_phil: do you fly real planes? Do you fly Microsoft FLight Simulator. Im just a Microsoft simulator dude, but dude: its no game: dont waste your time with the simulator if you're not going to learn all the skill and knowledge to make it work good for you.
I just now noticed: doc_phil says "not a pilot. plane mechanic." I would have thought plane mechanics would be curious to learn the ins and outs of flying.
good answers so far about airlines, same goes for most larger companies.
I haven't heard of a flight school that provides its students with any charts at all. Jepp charts are expensive and not well suited for most flight schools. I have been to one school that had a computer program called Jeppview, its a computer program that has all the jepp charts and they could be printed easily. Pretty cool program but its expensive, the subscription was owned by the local state college and the flight school got their hands on a license for it.
NACO charts are totally free. Go online and print out what you need: http://naco.faa.gov/. They are different than Jepp charts but show all the same information. They can also be purchased at a very reasonable rate, I think I used to pay ~$5 for a book that has 5-6 states.
Flight schools do (or should) keep their electronics up to date. Some planes have chart view software as part of their MFD, I believe the G1000 has this feature, I know the newer Avidyne Entegra's do have this capability.
As far as enroute charts (IFR charts are called enroute [either low or high enroute] VFR are either WAC-World aeronautical chart, sectionals, or terminal area charts), that is something airlines and other companies usually take care of with their approach plates. At flight schools there are usually a few charts floating around, but its expected that the student buys their own.
I have more expired charts than I know what to do with, I use them as wrapping paper now.
Lift off from 0AZ5
May 11, 2009
Take off from 0AZ5, Castle Well Airpark heading up to Page Airport
Duration : 0:1:21
profpilot.co.uk | #6 Secondary Flight Controls
May 11, 2009
Episode 6 looks at elevator trim and flaps on the aircraft; the two main secondary flight controls you will be using in small aircraft.
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Duration : 0:4:46
Cessna Citation CJ3 Review
May 11, 2009
Corbain’s review of the Cessna Citation CJ3. Watch for more Corbain’s reviews coming in the Fall of 2007!
Duration : 0:2:12
